Abstract
Why is aesthetics important to Wittgenstein? What, according to him, is the function of the aesthetic? My answer consists of three parts: first, I argue that Wittgenstein finds himself in an aporia of normative consciousness – that is to say, a problem with regard to our awareness of the world in terms of its relation to a norm. Second, I argue that the function of Wittgenstein’s aesthetic writings is to deal with this aporia. Third, through a comparison with Friedrich Schlegel’s writings on allegory, I try to show that the way in which Wittgenstein resolves the aporia renders him a Romanticist philosopher. The point of an aesthetic interaction, for Wittgenstein, is that it can render clear what cannot be described without running against the walls of our cage: the absolute. Through aesthetic interactions we are able to (indirectly) access a ground for norms by which we experience ourselves as unconditionally bound.
Highlights
Aesthetic considerations were at the centre of Wittgenstein’s thinking.1 Why? What, according to Wittgenstein, is the function of the aesthetic? My answer will consist of three parts: first, I will argue that Wittgenstein finds himself in an aporia of normative consciousness, that is to say, a problem with regard to our awareness of the world in terms of its relation to a norm
Why is aesthetics important to Wittgenstein? What, according to him, is the function of the aesthetic? My answer consists of three parts: first, I argue that Wittgenstein finds himself in an aporia of normative consciousness – that is to say, a problem with regard to our awareness of the world in terms of its relation to a norm
Through a comparison with Friedrich Schlegel’s writings on allegory, I try to show that the way in which Wittgenstein resolves the aporia renders him a Romanticist philosopher
Summary
Verdonschot, Clinton Peter. ‘‘That They Point Is All There Is to It’: Wittgenstein’s Romanticist Aesthetics.’ Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics LVIII/XIV, no. 1 (2021): pp. 72–88. ‘‘That They Point Is All There Is to It’: Wittgenstein’s Romanticist Aesthetics.’. Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics LVIII/XIV, no. RESEARCH ARTICLE ‘That They Point Is All There Is to It’: Wittgenstein’s Romanticist Aesthetics
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